News for the Week of February 27, 2011 |
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Assisting in
Worship on Sunday | Ushers:
9am: Julie Allen, Jim Hanna
11am: Lynne Marek, Anne Cadigan
Chalice Bearers:
9am: Mike Burke, Carol Reese, Karen Howe
11am: Bill McHugh, Alexandra Martin, Barb Dufford
Reading:
9am: Mike Burke
11am: Lynda Hazen(1st) and Bill McHugh (2nd)
Prayers:
9am: Karen Howe
11am: Laura Youngberg
Acolytes:
9am: Logan Means, Charlotte Maddox, Thomas Ruby, Zach Gee
11am: Morgan Kingsley, Naomi Mayes
11am Altar Guild:
Barb Dufford
Counters:
Becky Gould and Beth Lee
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Office and Staff
Contact Info | All Saints'
Episcopal Church
Parish Office Phone:
773-561-0111
Fax:
773-561-1998
The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry,
Rector:
bonnie@
allsaintschicago.org
The Rev. Fran Holliday,
Associate Rector:
fran@
allsaintschicago.org
Margaret McCamant,
Music Director and
Organist:
margaret@
allsaintschicago.org
Beau Surratt,
Parish Administrator:
beau@
allsaintschicago.org
Jack Clark,
Seminarian:
jack@
allsaintschicago.org
Gabriel Godwin,
Seminarian:
gabriel@allsaintschicago.org
Ravenswood
Community Services
Office Phone:
773-769-0282
Wendy Vasquez,
Executive Director:
wendy@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
The Rev. Fran Holliday,
Program Director:
fran@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
Liz Embler,
Volunteer Coordinator/
Julian Year Intern
liz@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
Jack Clark,
Intern:
jack@allsaintschicago.org
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Dear Friends,
This Sunday we will enter into the second decade of our Africa  Bake Auction. This is an event where we can have an inordinate amount of fun spending some money on wonderful baked goods, knowing that every single dollar we raise will go to altering the course of someone's life. Picture this--you buy a bag of cookies from the silent auction table for $20, someone else gets a coalition of people together and buys a cake for a $1,000 and somehow a dozen or so folks from Chicagoland have paid for five fifth graders in Sudan to go to school instead of gathering straw and mud to make bricks. Seriously--what could be more fun--what could be more meaningful, what could look more like living out the Gospel?
So bring your credit cards, open your hearts, smile and contemplate making a financial gift that will matter.
See you Sunday--I'll be preaching and Margaret will be playing the organ and piano for her penultimate Sunday.
All the best,
Bonnie
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ADULT FAITH EXPLORATIONS
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"Art and Spirituality"
March 6th: Dan Crowley, Artist and Character Designer
This section will take place in the Parish Hall.
 Dan is a member of All Saints" and has made his living as an artist for over 20 years. He's sculpted characters for award winning window displays for Tiffany & CO, as well windows for Hermes and the Stuart Weitsman shoe stores. His semi-autobiographical cartoon strip ran in the Chicago Free Press for over three years. He's taught cartooning to adults and kids. Photo-cards of his sculpted characters have sold at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Chicago Cultural Center.
"What I love the most about what I do, is watching something come from nothing. With just a few odd supplies, I can watch a character appear before my eyes. With a pen and paper, I can create a character that can help someone understand my point of view. I see the creation process as a lesson on being open to the process and the Holy Spirit. Like a dancer in mid-dance, it's best when you "let go" and let it fly. I'm grateful to God, every time I see something I've been lucky enough to help come to be, but I know I couldn't do it alone. "
Inquirers'/Newcomers Conversations
 Are you new to All Saints' and/or the Episcopal Church? Or do you just want to find out more about our faith tradition?
Join Bonnie and others for a whirlwind tour of the Anglican/Episcopal tradition, and what it might mean to be people of faith in our own time.
Our first session will be from 8:15-9pm on Ash Wednesday, March 9 (following the 7pm Ash Wednesday liturgy). We'll then gather on Wednesdays, March 16th, 23rd and 30th and April 6th and 13th at 7pm for a simple soup supper and our weekly session, ending promptly at 8:30.
ALL are welcome. Please RSVP, so we know how many people to plan for. Questions and RSVPs can be sent to Beau in the Parish Office at beau@allsaintschicago.org or 773-561-0111.
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Lent is coming...celebrate now!
Ash Wednesday is March 9
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Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
7am and 7pm
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| Fundraising Committee Meeting March 8 | |  What's your favorite part of community life at All Saints? Children's programs? Lenten suppers? Pastoral care? Meaningful worship?
Help keep this amazing faith community strong by sharing your ideas to close the operations budget gap. The newly formed Fundraising Committee will have its first meeting Tuesday, March 8, at 7:30 in the parish hall. Please join us!
For more information or to share ideas if you are unable to come to the meeting, please email Laura Youngberg at fundraising@allsaintschicago.org.
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CHILDREN at All Saints
| |  Solemn Communion Program Begins March 5
Solemn Communion is a program for children aged 8 or older in which children spend time reflecting on and learning about the meaning of the Eucharist in preparation for making a "Solemn Communion." For some children, this is their first communion, for others this is a deepening of the experience of receiving communion.
The details:
This year the Solemn Communion Group will meet during 4 two-hour sessions to take place on Saturdays - March 5, 12,19, 26,
and 1 two-hour session on Friday April 1st. Each two-hour session will run from from 9am to 11 am. The children will then participate in an all-day retreat Saturday, April 9 from 9:30am to 4pm with a celebratory family Eucharist from 3-4pm and a short reception after. Children must be able to attend at least 4 of these sessions as well as the retreat day to participate.
If your child is interested in participating in this year's Solemn Communion group and you have not yet spoken with Polly Tangora please do so by March 1st. For more information, contact Polly Tangora at polly@allsaintschicago.org.
All are invited to attend the Eucharist at 3pm on Saturday, April 9th at 3pm to share in this celebration with our children.
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| Celebrating Margaret McCamant's 20 years of Music Ministry here at All Saints' | |  On the weekend of October 17, it was announced that Margaret McCamant, All Saints' Music Director of nearly 20 years, will be retiring in March of 2011. Over the next week we will celebrate Margaret's ministry at All Saints' and give thanks to God for the incredible work that she has done with and among us. Stay tuned to this newsletter and the Sunday bulletin for more information about these opportunities.
If you missed Margaret's beautiful and touching letter announcing her retirement, you can read it here.
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Book Group March 10
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CONNECT (and eat together!) at All Saints'
"Not the Last Supper" Suppers 2011
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 "Not the Last Supper" Suppers 2011
All Saints' is again organizing weekly Lenten dinners, which are an opportunity for getting together during the Lenten season and a great way to get to know people beyond coffee hour. In the past, groups have gathered at parishioners' homes or at neighborhood restaurants one night a week (usually no earlier than 6pm) for food and discussion during the season Lent. Click here to sign up online or fill out a paper form at church.
Please complete a written or on-line form by February 28.
You will be contacted by March 7th with your group information and dinners will start the week of March 13. There will be five weeks of dinners during weeks of March 13, March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10. We will do our best to match you with a desired group and day of the week but depending on others' choices we may not be able to honor your first choice.
Questions? Email Barb Giloth (773-262.0639) and Peggy Cushing (773-218-7061) at lentendinners@allsaintschicago.org.
St. Patrick's Day Potluck
March 17 at 6pm
 Bring your favorite St. Patrick's Day themed food/drink item- corned beef, green beer (or other equally attractive non-alcoholic green beverage), green desserts, etc. and join the All Saints'/RCS staff for a St. Patrick's Day celebration. We'll gather at 6pm for socializing and eat at 6:30.
RSVP to beau@allsaintschicago.org.
Can you help?
If you have ideas for Irish music, themed decorations/paper products, etc. we'd love to make this as festive and fun as possible. Could you help set up or clean up?
Email Beau in the Parish Office at beau@allsaintschicago.org or call him at 773-561-0111 if you'd like to help.
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| Do you have a prayer request? Will you pray for others? |
|  What are we doing when we say prayers of thanksgiving and intercessions for others in church? Is praying at home in private different from praying together in church? In the intentional act of naming the joys and concerns of others, we become present to those for whom we pray. The "Prayers of the People" is a time in our service to say aloud the names of people who have asked for prayers. It doesn't matter if you know them. It doesn't matter if two or ten or one hundred people are speaking at the same time. This cacophony of prayer is heard by God. The intercessions we pray in church provide a tangible and powerful way for each one of us to partner with God in compassion, mercy, and justice.
To add a name to the Parish Prayer List (names listed in the church bulletin, and the weekly e-mail announcements) please enter them at prayerlist@allsaintschicago.org. |
Ravenswood Run
Sunday, May 1
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Community Prayers and In Thanksgiving
If you'd like to have someone included in our community prayers, please email prayerlist@allsaintschicago.org or call the Parish Office at 773-561-0111. *Birthday and annviersary data gathered in the 2011 pledge process is currently being entered into our database. We appreciate your patience with this matter.
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For our prayers
Pat Lester, John Ford, Jerry LaTuillippe, Ms. Camille, Cathy Gammon, Lynne Fischer, Carmen Julian, Michael Cullen, Violet, and the Repchic family, Andrew Mauro, Ms. Holliday, William J. Goins, and his sisters Jean, Becky, and Glada, Debbie and Carl, Dominic Lester, Rev. Joan McPherson, Rhys Nicholas Burke, Alice Callerman, Mickey Grossman, Bob Donovan, Stan Strickland, Jeanne Knepper & Marcia Hauer, Rae and Melanie, Nikki Seger, Doris Muramatsu, Daisy Druhl, Gene Boese, John Wojciechowski, Harlan Shropshire, Art Mannon, Julie Ann Villa, Debbie Smart, Carolyn Cooney, Charles Simokaitis, Sr., Connie Wilson, Margaret McHugh, Tom Pope
And also
For all individuals and families in our city affected by violence
For our brothers and sisters in Southern Sudan
The people of the Middle East
The people of St. Luke's, New Orleans
The people of the Diocese of Renk, Sudan, especially St. Peter's, Geiger
The people of the Diocese of Southeast Mexico, especially Santa Maria Virgen, Xalapa
Blessings
Birthdays
2/27- Julia Ferguson, Mark Miliotto
2/28- Sandra DeAngelus
3/3- Olivia Fergus-Brummer, Alex Gee, Kirsten Hanson
3/4- Sophie Ball, Ruth Nagaro
3/5- Andrew Browder
For Those Who Have Died
Our 9am Eucharist on Sunday will be offered in memory of John Simokaitis, uncle of parishioners Christine Simokaitis and Charlie Simokaitis.
We remember all of the people killed in Southern Sudan this week.
We remember all of the people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan this week.
May their soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Calendar for the Week
All people are welcome at all scheduled meetings at All Saints'.
Calendar items indicated in red refer to miscellaneous space use
rather than scheduled All Saints' meetings and events.
Items in blue refer to office information and deadlines.
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Friday, February 25
7:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Hall
Saturday, February 26
8:00a Kitchen Use (Kitchen)
Sunday, February 27- Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00a 9 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Parish Hall)
8,9,11a Holy Eucharist (Church)
8:45a Childcare for children 3 and under (Nursery)
10:00a Africa Bake Auction (Parish Hall)
10:15a 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Church)
12:00p Coffee Hour (Reading Room)
3:30p ASYG (Parish Hall and Kitchen)
Monday, February 28
4:00p Space Use- Reading Room
Tuesday, March 1
5:00p Community Eucharist (Church)
5:30p Community Kitchen/Pantry (Everywhere)
Wednesday, March 2
5:00p Deadline for Friday Email and Sunday Bulletin Submissions
6:45p 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal 9Church)
7:00p EfM (Church School Room 4)
7:30p Dinner for Margaret McCamant- Reservations Required (Cafe Selmarie)
Thursday, March 3
8:00a RCS Food Delivery (Food Pantry)
Friday, March 4
7:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Hall
Saturday, March 5
9:00a Diocesan Southeast Mexico Committee (Parish Hall)
9:00a Solemn Communion (Church, Reading Room and Church School)
Sunday, March 6- Last Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00a 9 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Parish Hall)
8,9,11a Holy Eucharist (Church)
8:45a Childcare for children 3 and under (Nursery)
9:00a Level I Atrium Open for Children 3-6 years old (Church School)
10:00a Church School for Children Ages 3-12 (Church School)
10:00a Adult Faith Explorations: Art and Spirituality (Parish Hall)
10:00a Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
10:15a 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Church)
12:00p Roast and Toast for Margaret McCamant (Parish Hall)
WhenSun, March 6, 11am - 12pm
Descriptionwith Choir September-June. Childcare available. Church School during the service. Children join the service for Communion.
Please contact Beau in the Parish Office beau@allsaintschicago.org or 773-561-0111 to have an event or meeting added to the church's calendar. All meetings/events MUST be added to the calendar to ensure that the meeting/event has space reserved for it.
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list-serve please e-mail your announcement to
beau@allsaintschicago.org
Announcements need to be received by close of
business on Wednesdays to make it into the next
Sunday bulletin. We reserve the right to edit all
announcements. Not all announcements will be
published.
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